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RAGE 128 Windows NT4.0 Display Driver Release Notes
Version: 6.30CDH34-4.3.72
October 26, 1999
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CONTENTS
1) Driver Notes
2) Introduction
3) Installation
4) To Uninstall
5) OpenGL specific issues
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1) Driver Notes
Please DO NOT contact ATI Technical Support or other ATI departments for
assistance with the drivers provided here. They will not have sufficient
information to be able to provide technical assistance regarding unreleased
drivers. The On-line Beta Problem Report Form is your means of informing
us of and issues you may have experienced.
Please see http://www.atitech.com/ca_us/spdrivers/index.html
This driver includes:
- optimizations for Quake3 Test.
- optimizations for 3DNow! with AMD K6-* and Athlon(K7).
- optimizations for Streaming SIMD Extensions with the Intel Pentium III.
- support for high resolutions, up to and including 1920x1440.
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2) Introduction
This driver will work only with the RAGE 128 family of graphic chips.
** THIS SOFTWARE WILL NOT WORK WITH NON RAGE 128 PRODUCTS **
-- This driver will not work with Windows 95/98.
-- This driver contains support for multiple languages.
-- For ATI Windows NT4.0 drivers you must install the latest Service
Pack from Microsoft. To obtain the latest Service Pack point your
browser to:
http://support.microsoft.com/Support/NTServer/Content/ServicePacks/Default.asp
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3) Installation
THIS DRIVER SET INCLUDES A SETUP PROGRAM WHICH INSTALLS THE
DISPLAY DRIVER WITHOUT INVOKING THE DISPLAY PROPERTIES SCREEN.
Installation Instructions:
1) Start Windows NT4.0.
2) Install the latest Service Pack and DirectX.
3) You must download the zipped driver and unzip it to a directory on your
systems hard disk. For example C:\TEMP is a common directory used
to initially save installation files into.
4) Close all programs, click the Start button. Click the Run menu item.
Click the Browse button. Browse to the directory where you
unzipped the installation files.
5) Select SETUP.EXE and press OK.
6) Follow the onscreen instructions.
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4) To Uninstall
Use Add/Remove Programs from your Windows NT4.0 Control Panel to
uninstall the ATI NT Display Driver.
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5) OpenGL specific issues
This driver release contains a full OpenGL ICD, which complies with the
OpenGL 1.1 specification. Hardware acceleration is provided for most
features contained in the specification at 16 bpp and 32 bpp. If you are
configured for 8 bpp or 24 bpp OpenGL will not be accelerated.